Apostle of Persuasion <subTitle>Theology and rhetoric in the Pauline letters</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Thompson, James W.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1942-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baker Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2020</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>307tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>This book is the culmination of a career of researching and teaching Paul's letters. Highly respected senior New Testament scholar James Thompson offers a unique approach to Pauline theology, focusing on Paul's attempts to persuade his audience toward moral formation. Thompson recognizes Paul as a pastor who brought together theology and rhetoric to encourage spiritual formation in his communities. Attempts to find total consistency in Paul's writings fail, says Thompson, because Paul's persuasive tactics changed depending on the situation he was addressing.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">James W. Thompson</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Epistles of Paul -- Theology</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">227.06</classification> <classification authority="ddc">J27-T47</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780801099724</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13085/ap.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13085/ap.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071218.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>